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Fraternity Council supports men’s health, Movember by encouraging mustaches

Carly Coen November 2, 2012

UT’s Interfraternity Council urged men on campus to get a clean shave to kick off Movember before they grow a mustache for the rest of the month. For the rest of November, 12 teams from 23 fraternities...

Hazardous release in NM sickens 200 near El Paso

The Associated Press November 1, 2012

SANTA TERESA, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say an unknown hazardous material release sickened about 200 people Tuesday near the Mexican border just northwest of El Paso, Texas. A one-mile...

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New Yorkers face changes day after Sandy

The Associated Press November 1, 2012

NEW YORK — Stripped of its bustle and mostly cut off from the world, New York was left wondering Tuesday when its particular way of life — carried by subway, lit by skyline and powered by 24-hour...

Syria activists report 23 dead in Damascus suburb

The Associated Press November 1, 2012

BEIRUT — Airstrikes by Syrian jets and shells from tanks leveled a neighborhood in a restive city near the capital of Damascus on Tuesday, killing 18 people, and at least five rebel fighters died...

UT System’s debt accounts for over half of Texas’ total public university debt

Alexa Ura November 1, 2012

The UT System’s $7.3 billion worth of outstanding debt accounts for 58 percent of the state’s total public university debt, according to a report released by Susan Combs, Texas comptroller...

Automatic admission requirement more rigorous for 2014

Lazaro Hernandez November 1, 2012

The requirement for high school students to qualify for automatic admission into the University of Texas at Austin has become more rigorous for students planning to enter in 2014. The University determined...

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New York slumbers after Sandy

Amber Genuske November 1, 2012

Editor’s note: Former Daily Texan Life&Arts editor Amber Genuske is living and working in New York as an associate video editor at The Huffington Post. The following is her experience with Hurricane...

UT student representation important aspect in Proposition 3, 4

David Loewenberg November 1, 2012

Near the end of the lengthy ballot that Austin voters will face on Election Day next Tuesday are two competing propositions that could shape the way students are represented in Austin City Council. Proponents...

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Sorority plans week to promote awareness of human trafficking

Carly Coen November 1, 2012

Kappa Phi Lambda informed students about how human trafficking is a local problem despite misconceptions that abductions only happen overseas. Kappa Phi Lambda sorority, a member of the Texas Asian Pan-Hellenic...

Reformers are working to change advertising laws in an effort to control childhood obesity rates

Carly Coen November 1, 2012

At “Food Marketing and the Childhood Obesity Crisis,” a lecture emphasizing the facts behind obesity, Ellen Wartella, a professor of psychology, communication, human development and social...

Foam Sword Friday 2013 cancelled, new plans underway

David Maly November 1, 2012

Against the wishes of a student who was hit by a bus during Foam Sword Friday last spring, UT student organizations will not host the end-of-semester celebration this fall. UT student Nick Engmann was...

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Longhorn Teach for America hosts panel to discuss school-to-prison pipeline

David Loewenberg October 31, 2012

Minority students in low income communities are more likely to end up in a prison cell than in a college dorm, according to a panel hosted by Longhorn Teach for America Tuesday evening. Panelists sought...

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